Industry News – Page 242
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NewsPirate infested seas 'not fit for seafarers'
The International Transport workers Federation (ITF) threw down the gauntlet on Monday to those flag states and shipowners who have not taken action to fight Somali piracy to act now, before the threat makes it virtually impossible for seafarers to pass through the ever widening danger area.
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NewsAccolade for ABP's carbon reduction
Associated British Ports (ABP) has been awarded an accolade for reducing its carbon footprint when the company was officially certified by the Carbon Trust Standard for reducing its carbon emissions by 8.3% between 2006 and 2008.
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News'Scarborough' launches on the Clyde today
Two Offshore Patrol Vessels being built by BAE Systems in the UK for the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago take a step closer to completion this week.
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NewsBroker appointed to sell newbuild 64m 'hover barge'
Marcon International Inc of Coupeville, Washington in the USA has been appointed as broker by the court appointed Interim Receiver and Receiver of Redfern Resources Ltd of British Columbia in nearby Canada to sell the specially designed newbuild hover or air cushion barge Monty.
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NewsReport highlights global decline of coastal carbon sinks
In a major report launched in Granada, Spain on Tuesday, scientists have sounded the alarm over the threats faced by coastal marine ecosystems such as tidal salt marshes, seagrass meadows, kelp forests and mangroves, which are key tools in combating climate change.
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NewsSister ship conversion highlights rules variations
Following the launch of the 17.8m passenger catamaran Rathlin Express at Arklow Marine Services in July this year, its sister ship, Lady Iona, also designed by Marine Design International (MDI) is currently undergoing conversion on behalf of Gordon Grant Marine at Mooney Boats in Donegal.
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NewsCommerce and all that jazz at International WorkBoat Show
The International WorkBoat Show, presented by America' s WorkBoat magazine, returns to the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans USA on 2-4 December.
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NewsLucky 7th sailing for Gulf Maritime
Gulf Maritime sails into its seventh edition on the success of previous shows that have established its reputation as the region’ s most comprehensive maritime event.
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NewsIBIA warns of forthcoming ECA conflicts for passenger ships
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has warned that from July next year passenger ships operating in European territorial waters could, during the course of one single voyage, be subject to three different limits regulating the amount of sulphur content in the fuels they consume.
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NewsDredging underway for Tyne's second tunnel
Work to dredge a channel across the UK’ s River Tyne to make way for the second vehicle tunnel started last weekend.
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NewsNew framework for UK port development
Ports around England and Wales will have a new planning framework to work in when considering development, following the launch of the Government' s new National Policy Statement (NPS) for the sector on Monday.
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NewsBoskalis and Smit announce merger
Dutch companies Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale N.V. (Smit) surprised the maritime world this morning with the announcement that they have in principle reached agreement on a full merger of the two companies. All the activities of Smit will be continued in the combined company.
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NewsMajor test of Channel rescue services
A major international exercise has been held to test the UK and French maritime rescue services plans to cope with a major maritime disaster in the Dover Strait. Manchex 2009 was the latest in the biennial series of exercises aimed at testing the coordination and response to such an event ...
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The Sea - An anthology of Maritime Photography since 1843
By Pierre Borhan Published by Flammarion ISBN: 978-2-08-030063-8 Hardback with slipcase, 300 pages Price £ 40.00
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Mooring and Anchoring Volumes 1 and 2
By I.C. Clark BSc, MSc, Master Mariner, MNI and W.Vervloesem AMNI Published by The Nautical Institute ISBN: Volume 1: 978-1-906915-93-4 Volume 2: 978-1-870077-941 Hardbacks, 270 pages Price £ 75.00
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Sea Survival Handbook - The RYA's complete guide to survival at sea
By Keith Colwell Published by The Royal Yachting Association ISBN: 978-1-905104-31-4 Paperback, 160 pages Price £ 10.99
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NewsBusy Schleswig-Holstein adds Staberhuk to new police fleet
The third of a planned four new coastal patrol boats for service in the Baltic and North Sea has gone into operation for German river and coastal waterway authorities in Schleswig Holstein.
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NewsUK Government to tighten up port safety
Thousands of workers at UK ports are set to benefit from higher safety standards following the recent launch of an updated Port Marine Safety Code by Transport Minister Paul Clark.
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Correction: Mooney Boats
The headline of our ‘ Ocean Cat’ Vessel Launch coverage in the last (October) issue of Maritime Journal incorrectly stated that the new catamaran workboat for Sinbad Marine Services had been built by Macduff Shipyards. As was correct in the body of the story, ‘ Ocean Cat’ was built by ...
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A Chance to Play
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics contributed last month to the delivery of 2,000 soccer kits from Germany to a programme for disadvantaged children in South Africa. The equipment travelled 9,800km from Volkswagen Group headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany to Volkswagen of South Africa’ s ‘ A Chance to Play’ programme via German transport ...
